We tried to attend a movie at Rave Motion Pictures last night. We love the theatre, have been big fans since it opened. But last night we had to walk out. Was it the fault of the theatre? Of course not, it was the fault of the inconsiderate, arrogant, asinine women (mother and daughter) behind us. They sat quietly through the previews, then, as soon as the actual show started, they began to talk. Loudly. Mostly the daughter. So I turned around and gave them a glance. No words, just a glance. The talking persisted, and actually got louder. Plus, they added the lovely little noise of crumpling paper into the situation. You know, like reaching into a bag of candy. Except it went on…non stop. Non. Stop. She was doing it on purpose. Diane turned around, again, no words, just a look. The sound got louder. So we got up and walked out.
We asked if we could attend a later showtime for the same movie, and explained our problem. The manager was the greatest, and he had another showing of the same movie in 25 minutes, which he told us to attend. He then went inside the theatre we came from, hopefully to shut the two bee-yatches up.
So here’s my idea. Instead of “Please Be Quiet” signs flashed on the screen prior to showtime, how about this slide:
7 responses so far ↓
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Vonster
// Jul 30, 2007 at 3:33 pm
Sometimes we agree 100%.
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chef Kevin
// Jul 31, 2007 at 12:23 am
I quit going to movies a long time ago due to too much behavior like this. Since I do not find it necessary to see a movie when it first comes out, I’m much happier. It may only may be a 36″ screen with 750 watts of Yamaha\Cerwin Vega infused sound, but the food and beer are better and no a-holes to mess it up.
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bjstone
// Jul 31, 2007 at 3:58 am
Where you been, Chef Kev? I need you to post more of your hilarious stuff on your blog. You always make me laugh out loud. I need more of that.
Yes, Von, sometimes we do agree, and I’m also with Kevin, I wonder if it’s even worth it to go to the theatre anymore, particularly when you shell out 8 bucks a seat and 15 more dollars just to get a large drink and a popcorn for you and your lovely better half.
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ollie
// Aug 13, 2007 at 2:09 am
I went to see Sicko and didn’t have a problem (also, it was $4.00). I had no problem at An Inconvenient Truth either; it may well be due to the type of movie that I was attending.
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BJ Stone
// Aug 13, 2007 at 5:05 am
You may be on to something, Ollie. Movies that can teach you something: good audience; Movies that entertain: idiots can wreck your night.
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Vonster
// Aug 29, 2007 at 4:19 pm
What the hell useful could anybody learn from Riefenstahl-style propaganda films like Sicko or Inconvenient Lie??
[argh]
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Vonster
// Aug 29, 2007 at 4:20 pm
BJ will have to google “Riefenstahl”.
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